{"id":4540,"date":"2017-08-03T06:14:56","date_gmt":"2017-08-03T06:14:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/4540-saudi-forces-set-ablaze-shia-homes-in-restive-awamiyah\/"},"modified":"2017-08-03T06:14:56","modified_gmt":"2017-08-03T06:14:56","slug":"saudi-forces-set-ablaze-shia-homes-in-restive-awamiyah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/islam\/4540-saudi-forces-set-ablaze-shia-homes-in-restive-awamiyah\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi forces set ablaze Shia homes in restive Awamiyah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Saudi forces have set fire to homes belonging to Shia residents in the besieged town of Awamiyah that has been the scene of a heavy-handed regime crackdown on the minority community.<\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4>Saudi forces have set fire to homes belonging to Shia residents in the besieged town of Awamiyah that has been the scene of a heavy-handed regime crackdown on the minority community.<\/h4>\n<h4>Based on local reports, Saudi forces have thrown Shia citizens out of their homes and then torched their properties. \u00a0<\/h4>\n<h4>Awamiyah, situated in Eastern Province, has long been a flashpoint between the Saudi kingdom and the inhabitants complaining of discrimination.<\/h4>\n<h4>It has witnessed renewed deadly clashes between the military and residents since May, when Saudi forces began razing the town\u2019s old quarter, known as al-Mosawara.<\/h4>\n<h4>The UN, however, said Saudi Arabia was erasing cultural heritage and violating human rights through Mosawara\u2019s demolition.<\/h4>\n<h4>\u00a0<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saudi forces have set fire to homes belonging to Shia residents in the besieged town of Awamiyah that has been the scene of a heavy-handed regime crackdown on the minority community. \u00a0 Saudi forces have set fire to homes belonging to Shia residents in the besieged town of Awamiyah that has been the scene of &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":15033,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[136,752,38,79],"class_list":["post-4540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-islam","tag-awamiyah","tag-kingdom","tag-saudi-arabia","tag-shia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.3 - 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